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45 Reviews Want to shop for things Peruvian or eat your lunch or dinner with a spectacular view? Larcomar is a shopping presinct designed to fit into the cliffs of Miraflores. From the street all you see is a...
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Sacsayhuaman Cusco
62 Reviews Sacsayhuamán is a walled complex on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco. The complex is typically Inca. The cut boulders are massive and fit tightly together without the aid of...
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Huayna Picchu Machu Picchu
39 Reviews You will have to climb for a very narrow path, it will take you 45 minutes to 1 ½ hour to complete it and you will arrive to a plce where you will see and amazing landscape of Machu Picchu Citadel, it...
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San Francisco Church And Convent Lima
60 Reviews The church and monastery of Saint Francis were consecrated in 1673 and completed in 1774. The church, built in the Spanish Baroque style, survived earthquakes in 1687 and1746 but was extensively...
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Machu Picchu Cusco
30 Reviews If you choose not to trek to Machu Picchu the train from Ollantaytambo is the next best choice. Peru Rail offers a number of daily departures and three standards of travel - Backpackers has standard...
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Inca Trail Machu Picchu
49 Reviews At about 5pm we finally arrived at our campsite at Wiñay Wayna which means Forever Young in English. After a snack we went to the ruins of the same name where the scenery was stunning as the clouds...
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Museos - Museums Lima
62 Reviews Opened on 17th December, 2011, in the old Ministry of Communications building, this is the first museum in the world to be a complete audio/visual experience. Visit is by guided groups of 20-30 only....
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Qoriqancha-Santo Domingo Convent Cusco
44 Reviews The Qoriqancha (Quechua for Golden Courtyard) was once known as Inti Kancha or Temple of the Sun. It was dedicated primarily to Inti, the Sun God and was the foremost temple in the Inca Empire. It was...
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Aguas Caliente Machu Picchu
11 Reviews After a long hike going to Machu Picchu, a lot of travelers go to the Aguas Calientes which is a collection of outdoor thermal pools, believed to have curative powers. I walked to the pools for from...
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District Of Barranco Lima
29 Reviews The Puente de los Suspiros, or Bridge of Sighs - if you can walk across it for the first time, without taking a breath, all your wishes will come true. So the story goes. The Bajada de los Baños is a...
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San Blas Cusco
23 Reviews Thsi is the artisan centre of Cusco and centred around the Plaza de San Blas. From Plaza de Armas take Triunfo and head uphill for about 10 minutes. The square has a lovely waterfall, the Iglesia de...
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Llamas / Other Animals Machu Picchu
15 Reviews After taking your best pictures of the citadel, keep climbing the steps until you reach the Agricultural Sector. You´ll find yourself surrounded by llamas of many colors and sizes. I wasn´t attacked...
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Plaza Mayor And Surroundings Lima
52 Reviews The name Plaza de Armas (Plaza of Arms) is is given to the main square in many cities in Spain and Latin America. In most cases it is actually the same place as the Plaza Mayor. Historically it is the...
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Main Square Cusco
34 Reviews The Plaza de Armas, originally ‘Huacaypata’ or Square of the Warrior was the heart of the Inca Empire. It is located in the centre of the capital of the empire - Cusco. Cusco was designed in the shape...
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Temples Machu Picchu
16 Reviews After walking past the Residential Sector, you´ll reach the District of the Priests and Nobility, where all the temples and palaces are located. The Temple of the Sun, shaped like a "P", will...
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La Catedral - The Cathedral of Lima Lima
36 Reviews Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess; 1471 or 1476 – 26 June 1541) was a Spanish conquistador (soldier-explorer). He is the famous conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima. After his...
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Ollantaytambo Cusco
14 Reviews Ollantaytambo is a small town on the Urubamba River. It offers guesthouse style accommodation and has quite a good tourist market. Wh ile famous for its amazing Inca ruins it is also the starting...
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Sacred Plaza Machu Picchu
11 Reviews This is one of the 3 temples located at the Sacred Plaza. Historians believe that it was probably of comparatively lesser importance than the Main Temple. Like the name suggests it has 3 big...
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Palacio De Gobierno Lima
29 Reviews This is a must see! The president of Peru lives here, the palace is an entire block. There isn't much to see, as far as, you can't enter the palace. But it is interesting to watch the changing of the...
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The Cathedral Cusco
28 Reviews The Cusco Cathedral was completed in 1654 and took almost 100 years to build. It is located on one side of the Plaza de Armas and is the main church of the Archdiocese of Cusco. The location for both...
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Ruins Machu Picchu
39 Reviews Just got back today from Cusco and Machu Pichu. Bought my ticket in Cusco just so I wouldn't waste time getting a ticket in AC after getting off the train. There was a sign in the office saying...
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Plaza San Martin Lima
19 Reviews When I first walked into Plaza San Martin and had the total perspective of the entire plaza it was a bit overwhelming. Obviously the architect of the plaza had a grand vision in mind. According to...
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Streets of Cusco Cusco
27 Reviews Cusco is a fascinating city and great and easy to explore as all roads lead to (or away from ) the Plaza de Armas. Taxis are cheap - you must negotiate the price beforehand - and plentiful. For a...
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Scenery Machu Picchu
22 Reviews It was really amazing to see Machu Picchu in person after seeing it so many times in Travel Magazines. You just can't beleive it until you see it with your very own eyes. It's just so unbelievable to...
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Around Lima Lima
22 Reviews Old Town Lima I found to be remarkably safe. There were many old buildings painstakingly restored. Vibrant colors abounded. Several interesting balconies of wrought iron protruded in the street. Every...
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Especially the isles of Amantani and Taquille. Lots of culture there. This is a picture of Amantani. We stayed on Amantani with a local family (Borda). You eat the local food (potatoes and fish) and sleep in their beds (with matrasses of straw).
Machu Picchu of course is number one to visit in Peru, but not the only interesting place!Try to be up there early in the morning and you will have a fantastic scenery! Around noon time loads of tourists are coming up to Machu Picchu, as the train from Cusco arrives around 11.30 a.m. Moreover it starts getting quite hot up there around noon time, while in the morning you still have clouds passing by, so the view is changing constantly and it looks incredible!
The Amazon rainforest consists mainly of lowlands. The most interesting part to see is the so-called Montaña, the eastern foothills of the Andes covered with jungle. Tingo Maria lies in the middle of the montaña. It is a place of true natural beauty.
Inca Trail. The best time to walk at Inka Trail is in dry station, from May to September; but it doesn't mean that it won't rain. The Inka Trail was a Real Road. A real road, for example, united Qosqo and the four Suyos forming a 'net' that had among 10 to 25 thousand kms. Day 1: You'll know Patallaqta (an important inka population where walls of type 'pirka' and agricultural terraces still remain). Day 2: you'll reach the the Pass of Warmiwañuska (Dead Woman) at 4200 mts. Day 3: You'll know Runkuraqay (an archaeological group that has ovoidal form. This should have been a 'tanpu'), Sayaqmarka (an archaeological group located on the 3,500 mts with an administrative and ceremonial function), Phuyupatamarka (this place dominates visually a wide territory and should have been an important administrative and religious center) and Wiñaywayna (an important archaeological group next to...
visit Chinchero (Sacred Valley, near Cusco) It was founded in 1572. The church was built using as foundations the walls of stone that belonged to a great palace. There is a little museum here and a market on sundays.
visit Ollantaytambo (Sacred Valley, near Cusco) It was a very important fortified city, built as 'tanpu' (the 'tanpus' offered lodging, feeding and comforts for travelers) and also to facilitate the control of the roads to the 'Antisuyo' (forest) and to protect the Qosqo from the attacks of the 'Antis'. As fortified city had some elements to protection: a wall with few entrances around the town, several 'pukaras' (forts) and watchtowers strategically located. The current town is on the same place where the urban sector in the Inkario was and it is the only place in Peru where some people live in the same contructions that served for housing to the noblemen of the Inkario.
visit Urubamba Valley, also known as Sacred Valley of Incas. At this place there were numerous prehispanic towns that reached a surprising domain of the techniques of hydraulic engineering. Actually, one can find archaeological places and agricultural fields. I hired the 'Compañía de Servicios Turísticos'. Adress: Portal de Comercio 141 Of. 2. Telefax 084 231515. email: ciotour's@telser.com.pe. The tour costed 10 dollars and you can do it TUE/THUR/SUN from 9 am to 6:30 pm. You'll visit: Pisaq Indian Market, Ollantaytambo, Urubamba (lunch) and Chinchero.
visit Museo Inka: Cuesta del Almirante 103, Cusco. Ticket: 5 soles. You'll find ceramics, facts about origin of Inkas and subsistence technology, inkan architecture, art, medicine, inkan tombs, etc. GREAT!(Picture: Next to Chinchero)
visit Sacsaywaman (near Cusco). Possibly its name is a deformation of 'Saqsauma' that derives of 'saqsa': marbled and 'uma': head, meaning 'marbled head'. When the Spanish conquerors arrived for the first time to these lands they didn't understand how the Peruvian 'Indians' could have built so much greatness...The construction began in 1438 and it was finished 50 years later. There were three walls built in different levels of stone of enormous dimensions. A block in the inferior wall has 8.5 meters of heigh and 190 tons. of weigh. Up to 1930 the neighbors of Qosqo, paying tiny quantities of money to the Municipality, took stones to build their housings.
visit the cathedral (Cusco). It's one of the most remarkable colonial monuments in America. It communicates with the Victory Church (Iglesia del Triunfo) and the Sacred Family Church (Iglesia de la Sagrada Familia). Sacsaywaman was destroyed to build the cathedral with its stones. The Cathedral was finished in 1654, after 94 years.
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Q: We will be traveling in Dec. can only spend about 6 days in Peru. Would appreciate any suggestions on how to best use our time. ...
A: Firstly, if you stay on the coast, be prepared for heat and humidity. If you go inland, be prepared for altitude. I imagine you will be arriving first off in Lima? Six...
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